Austria Bruckner and Messiaen: Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Janina Baechle (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Günther Groissböck (baritone), Wiener Singakademie, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 23.6.2015 (MB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Impetuosity and Obvious Joy in the Razumovsky Ensemble’s Brahms
United Kingdom Beethoven, Ravel, Brahms: Razumovsky Ensemble (Kolja Blacher & Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Robert Smissen & Andriy Viytovych [viola], Oleg Kogan &Alexander Chaushian [cello]), Wigmore Hall London, 30.6.2015 (CS)
Knussen Conducts Music Inspired by the Orient at Aldeburgh
United Kingdom Colin McPhee, Gunter Schuller & Britten: Britten–Pears Orchestra / Oliver Knussen (conductor) Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, 28.6.2015 (CS)
Handel’s ‘Dettingen’ Te Deum: A Thrilling End to the Spitalfields Festival
United Kingdom Spitalfields Festival – Haydn, J.C. Bach, Mozart, and Handel: Ashley Riches (baritone), Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor). St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch, London, 16.6.2015 (MB)
Revolution in the Air on an Idyllic Day at Gregynog Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), The Music Room, Gregynog Hall, Newtown, 22.6.2015 (GP)
Interesting Berg/Schubert Recital from Stephen Kovacevich
Berg, Schubert: Stephen Kovacevich ( piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 28.6.2015 (NR)
Doric Quartet Play with Lyricism, Subtlety and Flexibility at Aldeburgh
United Kingdom Haydn, Schubert, Britten, Adès: Doric Quartet (Alex Redington & Jonathan Stone [violins], Hèléne Clément [viola], John Myerscough [cello])
(A) Snape Maltings 26.6.2015 and
(B) Aldeburgh Church 27.6.2015. (CS)
Nikolai Lugansky Excels in Beethoven
United Kingdom Weber, Beethoven, Brahms: Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.6.2015 (RB)